Okazaki fragment
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Japanese molecular biologist Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975), the leader of its discoverers in the 1960s.
Noun
[edit]Okazaki fragment (plural Okazaki fragments)
- (genetics, often in the plural) One of many short, newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand (i.e. lagging strand) during DNA replication.
Translations
[edit]one of many newly synthesized DNA fragments formed on the lagging template strand during replication
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